The Professor’s House

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A lyrical and bittersweet novel of a middle-aged man losing control of his life that's a brilliant study in emotional dislocation and renewal—from one of the most highly acclaimed authors of the twentieth century. One of Willa Cather's lesser appreciated novels but a favorite among many.

Professor Godfrey St. Peter is a man in his fifties, who has devoted his life to his work, his wife, his garden, and his daughters, and achieved success with all of them. But when St. Peter is called on to move to a new, more comfortable house, something in him rebels. And although at first that rebellion consists of nothing more then mild resistance to his family's wishes, it imperceptibly comes to encompass the entire order of his life. Combining profound introspection with a delightful grasp of the social and domestic rituals of Midwestern university town, The Professor's House is a brilliant study in emotional dislocation and renewal.

Vintage Classics: October 1990 | Paperback: 258 pages